WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier today the United States Trade Representative announced the filing of two trade enforcement cases against China at the World Trade Organization. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement regarding the cases filed:
“I welcome the Administration’s decision to move forward with new trade cases against China concerning grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel and electronic payment services. President Obama is rightly focused on getting our trading partners, China in particular, to play by the rules and live up to their trade obligations.
“China maintains myriad unfair trade practices aimed at promoting its industries domestically and globally, and these cases address some of those practices. The Administration must continue to redouble its effort to address the range of Chinese practices which disadvantage and harm U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, that distort trade and investment flows, and which ultimately suppress U.S. growth and job creation. Such practices include China’s indigenous innovation program and its trade distorting policies designed to promote its clean energy sector."
